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@@ -6,8 +6,20 @@ ID have not changed between a save and load. If these identifiers do not match, random-seed will still load the random seed, but will not credit the entropy. -It is my understanding that other operating systems are either not commonly imaged (e.g. BSDs) or have official tools for system image preparation (e.g. sysprep for Windows). Therefore, random-seed is Linux specific. However, it should be reasonably easy to port by simply adjusting the paths and changing getrandom to /dev/random. +It is my understanding that other operating systems are either not commonly +imaged (e.g. BSDs) or have official tools for system image preparation (e.g. +sysprep for Windows). Therefore, random-seed is Linux specific. However, it +should be reasonably easy to port by simply adjusting the paths and changing +getrandom to /dev/random. -random-seed requires GNU make to compile. +random-seed requires the following to compile: -random-seed requires Linux 3.11 or higher supporting the getrandom(2) system call. +- a gcc-compatible compiler (clang is fine) +- GNU make (BSD make is not fine) +- Bourne-like sh (autoconf compatible, i.e. probably all of them) + +If compiling from git, autoconf is also required. random-seed does not use +automake, gettext, or libtool. + +random-seed requires Linux 3.11 or higher supporting the getrandom(2) system +call. |